Storing integer values as constants in Enum manner in java

Question

I'm currently creating integer constants in the following manner.

public class Constants {
    public static int SIGN_CREATE=0;
    public static int SIGN_CREATE=1;
    public static int HOME_SCREEN=2;
    public static int REGISTER_SCREEN=3;
}

When i try to do this in enum manner

public enum PAGE{SIGN_CREATE,SIGN_CREATE,HOME_SCREEN,REGISTER_SCREEN}

and When i used PAGE.SIGN_CREATE it should return 1;

Answer 1

Well, you can't quite do it that way. PAGE.SIGN_CREATE will never return 1; it will return PAGE.SIGN_CREATE. That's the point of enumerated types.

However, if you're willing to add a few keystrokes, you can add fields to your enums, like this:

    public enum PAGE{
        SIGN_CREATE(0),
        SIGN_CREATE_BONUS(1),
        HOME_SCREEN(2),
        REGISTER_SCREEN(3);

        private final int value;

        PAGE(final int newValue) {
            value = newValue;
        }

        public int getValue() { return value; }
    }

And then you call PAGE.SIGN_CREATE.getValue() to get 0.